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CLEANING INJECTORS..

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jonbacon

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So I am gonna pull my inejectors this weekend, 92gt and they are original. whats the best way to clean them or chemical. I dont have the money just yet for new ones.. just need to clean them and put new rings back in withthem. but what do you guys use to clean them. ive heard just soak in gs. but they are original.. dont want to mess them up..
 

stykthyn

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Before you do that have you gone through the surging idle checklist? Chemicals will not get them clean. You will need new filter baskets.
 

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YEH I HAVE. THEY ARE ORIGINALL INJECTS, IM GONNA REPLACE THE O RING AN DBASKET TO. JUST DIDNT KNOW IF PEOPLE USE A TOOTH BRUSH OR JUST LET TEHM SOAK, IVE HEARD SO MANY DIF IDEAS..
 

stykthyn

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What's to brush? Soak them in gasoline overnight. Put on new filters, rings, and caps.

Out of curiosity what was causing your surging issue?
 

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The fuel filter was so dirty, I had brown gas coming out if it when I changed it. was kind of surging while driving . now it drives way better. put some seafoam in tank and i think it has helped. i know they are factory and the filter was. so figured it cant hurt to take them out and give them a bath...im pretty sure they need some cleaning based on how dirty the filter was..stil has a very small miss almost, every now and then... seems to have gotten way better sicne the filter and seafoam..
 

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The brown in the filter is moisture caused by ethanol in the gas. Look on eBay there are kits that come with everything you will need.
 

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Try soaking them in a fuel injector cleaner mix.

Some places offer a fuel injector cleaning service. No not the one's that do the "fuel service" but the one's that either disable the fuel pump and run a cleaner through the injection system directly, or pull the injectors and run them with cleaners on a test bench. The cool part about a test bench is you can actually see it spray and see how much it's flowing.
 

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Having a shop rebuild and flow test a set is almost as much as a new set. Butbthen you get that nifty printvout that shows pulse rate and lbs per hour.
 
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injectors

the best stuff i found to soak them in is seafoam you can get it at any local auto parts store
 
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